Tarum

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Tarum (Template:Langx) is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the north of Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,800 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations Tarum is built near the ancient biblical town of Zorah.

History

Tarum was established in 1950 on land which had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Sar'a.[1]

The founders of Tarum were immigrants from Yemen, who were later joined by Cochin Jews from India. Its name is taken from Psalms 89:14, as is the name of the neighbouring moshav Ta'oz;[2][3]

Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.

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  2. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.431, Template:ISBN
  3. Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.72, Template:ISBN Template:In lang

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